Read More

Chris and partner Danielle McNeil, 27, paid £210,000 for the property in Paisley and moved in on December 29.

He said: “We’d been told the house would be ready in March but we got the keys on December 19. I think they were trying to meet their year-end targets.”

Chris complained and was told the problems with the bricks would be rectified.

He said: “They attended to other snagging but nothing was done about the bricks. So I raised the issue again.

“Nothing was done until I emailed them in April when the brickwork started to crack under the ground-floor window.”

Cracks and gaps in the mortar (Image: Sunday Mail)

Persimmon sent a manager to Chris’s house. He said: “They agreed the workmanship was poor and said the bricklayers who had done the job were no longer on the site.” Persimmon agreed to rectify the issues. But the problems persisted.

Chris, a gas mains layer, said: “There was a second crack in the same area after it had been fixed. Then a third crack appeared on the back of the building.